“Contrary to the many things you said toward me as I refused to respond to your yelling, I don’t think that I’m better than other people. I simply don’t respond to cat calls. It’s a personal rule. It doesn’t have anything to do with me being ‘stuck up.’ Also, while you think that I need to think about my stuck up ways and ‘get myself right,” I think you need to think about your cat calling ways and get yourself right….”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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